"We will not show mercy to enemies": Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi declared during a ceremony, referring to the anti-government protests in the country.
BBC Persia reports it.
Raisi called the protests that began in response to Mahsa Amini's death a "disturbance" while he was in the custody of the morality police.
Iran's human rights activists' news agency (Hrana) estimated today that 507 protesters lost their lives between October 27 and January 5 during the protests.
The number of prisoners is between 14,000 and 16,000.
Meanwhile, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian police force confirmed the news of the killing of Saha Etebari, a 12-year-old girl, shot by regime agents at the car in which she was traveling with her parents in the province of Hormozgan.
BBC Persia writes it adding that a special order has been issued to investigate the matter.